Reading in New Ways for New Times: Issues for Theory, Research, and Practice

Speaker: Donald J. Leu, John and Maria Neag Endowed Chair in Literacy and Technology, professor of education, and director, The New Literacies Research Lab, Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut

The emergence of the Internet as an essential channel of information and communication makes it imperative that we begin to reassess the nature of reading. Join Donald J. Leu as he explores how today’s educator must envision new ways of reading online. He suggests we position online reading – at a young age – as a key piece of curriculum so that equity and opportunity are more fully realized. Leu will address how the digital age presents challenges – but also new opportunities -- to reading theory, research, and practice as we know it.

Following Dr. Leu's lecture will be an awards presentation of the Jeanne S. Chall Doctoral Student Research Award to Emily Phillips Galloway, Ed.D.’16, and the Jeanne S. Chall Research Grant to Laura Tortorelli, College of Education, Michigan State University

A reception from 7–8 p.m. will conclude the event.

Funded through HGSE’s Jeanne S. Chall Endowment, the annual lecture, doctoral student award, and visiting researcher award honor the late Jeanne Chall, who served as a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her seminal work on reading research and instruction influenced scholarship on the teaching of reading in schools and universities throughout the country.

The 12th Annual Jeanne S. Chall Lecture and Reception is free and open to the public. If you are not able to attend, please join us via live-stream at www.gse.harvard.edu. Go to the feature story at the top of the page.